Jordan A
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 5y
Bob Bob
- Date posted
- 5y
I don't know what Pure OCD means, but I have had OCD all of my life and I'm in recovery...
Katoka AriKatoka Ari
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- 5y
I always feel worse with my OCD after nights out/drinking. I am not alcoholic but I do think that alcohol/detoxing from it can make OCD worse
St.ClairSt.Clair
- Date posted
- 5y
I stopped drinking two years ago, so I could get to the root cause of my illness. I had used alcohol and pot to blunt a lot of my ocd feelings. Probably kept me from seeking help for many years. Wish I had not self medicaided that way. Still struggling with the ocd on the regular. But love waking up without the hangovers
I n II n I
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- 5y
i can totally relate! stopped drinking 4 years ago and stopped smoking pot 1 1/2 years ago. both of which i used to self medicate. now i’m faced with ocd all up in my face.
St.ClairSt.Clair
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- 5y
@I n I I feel the same. The ocd is always present. Weird. At least I see it clearly now. Though there are times it would be nice to dull the feelings, I do like being present.
piscesmomof6piscesmomof6
- Date posted
- 5y
Yes.
LilamayLilamay
- Date posted
- 5y
Hi guys! I’m new here! I have struggled with OCD and insomnia since I was a child but wasn’t DX till recently. For the past 3-4 years I have struggled on and off with issues involving alchole and sleeping pills. I had been doing really well for awhile but recently had a relapse. Feeling very guilty. I used to go to meetings when I would notice my alchole intake increasing but always felt a little out of place due too the OCD component. Which has led me here...
Jordan AJordan A
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 5y
we are here for you! You’re not alone!
LilamayLilamay
- Date posted
- 5y
Thank you. It feels better just knowing this exists!
MM
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- 5y
Yep. It’s a battle for me too. Keep fighting brother.
Jordan AJordan A
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 5y
Glad to see I’m not alone. Been struggling recently with false memory OCD in my recovery- thoughts that maybe I’ve taken a drink in sobriety and am hiding it or even forgotten about it, thinking about nights out where I’ve stayed sober and gotten a non-alcoholic beverage but my mind legimately convinces me it had alcohol in it. It’s brutal.
Bob Bob
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- 5y
It's tough if you're truly "dual diagnosed" with addiction and mental illness (OCD) I would just say stay the course my friend! It gets tricky for me because AA around my area are super big into "sigularity of purpose" They don't want to hear about your mental health issues and...ugh...I've actually seen them ask someone to leave for mentioning drugs! We are all just trying to do the right thing but...that looks different to different people. I take Suboxone daily so it's a deal where you are at times, "sober with the exception of." The NA meetings around here are a mess! No sober time, shady shit going on in the parking lot...you're better off to just go to AA meetings and not bring up certain things. Idk you personally, but just know that YOU ARE NOT ALONE!
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- Date posted
- 25w
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- Date posted
- 17w
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RW95
- Date posted
- 8w
Has anyone gone through this, or currently going through it, need to know that I am not alone in this (18+)
I can't look at 18+ videos, comics, etc. I am straight, but SO-OCD tries to make me think I am not And the thoughts turns to feelings, and makes me scared, uncomfortable, sad, because I know this is not me. And when I try to imagine myself being with the woman on adult videos, and comics, my OCD gives gronal response not at the girl, and it fills me with fear, and anxiety, I always loved, and was attracted to women but I can't and it caused me to be depressed, and I keep ruminating I keep trying to focus on her, but it's so bad that I avoid those all the time now. I am wondering has anyone gone through something like this, or currently is, and wondering how you have done to combat this!
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